Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke with Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Monday night about the flood in Bihar in which 127 people have died in the last few weeks. PM Modi's call came the evening before the contentious bill to ban Triple Talaq takes the Rajya Sabha test.

The flood situation in Bihar remained grim with 85.60 lakh people in 1,253 panchayats being under the grip of the deluge, even as the number of deaths stayed at 127 with no fresh deaths being reported on Saturday, officials said.

The flood situation in Bihar remained grim on Wednesday and is expected to worsen as neighbouring Nepal is witnessing heavy rainfall and the water from the overflowing rivers there may flow in to Bihar, an official said.

The floods in Bihar and Assam have killed at least 170 people and affected 1.07 crore others till Monday. Over 1,500 relief camps have been opened across the two states and rivers like the Brahmaputra and Baghmati are flowing above danger marks

The number of deaths in the Bihar floods climbed to 106 on Tuesday, with two more people losing their lives in the calamity that affected a population of 80.55 lakh in 12 districts of the state, officials said.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke with Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Monday night about the flood in Bihar in which 127 people have died in the last few weeks. PM Modi's call came the evening before the contentious bill to ban Triple Talaq takes the Rajya Sabha test.

The flood situation in Bihar remained grim with 85.60 lakh people in 1,253 panchayats being under the grip of the deluge, even as the number of deaths stayed at 127 with no fresh deaths being reported on Saturday, officials said.

The flood situation in Bihar remained grim on Wednesday and is expected to worsen as neighbouring Nepal is witnessing heavy rainfall and the water from the overflowing rivers there may flow in to Bihar, an official said.

The floods in Bihar and Assam have killed at least 170 people and affected 1.07 crore others till Monday. Over 1,500 relief camps have been opened across the two states and rivers like the Brahmaputra and Baghmati are flowing above danger marks

The number of deaths in the Bihar floods climbed to 106 on Tuesday, with two more people losing their lives in the calamity that affected a population of 80.55 lakh in 12 districts of the state, officials said.